Cash-register.



A. H. HELTBERG.

7 CASH REGISTER. APPLIUATION FILED DEG.26,1906.

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a SHEETS-SHEET 1f w Inventur: HEEL-alike?? Attnruieg Witnesses:

A. H. HELTBERG.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED D130. 20. 19 06.

Patented June 1, 1909.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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Inventor:

ttnrnsy w. T h h E H A H. HELTBERG.

CASH REGISTER.

A PPLIOATION FILED n20. 26,1906.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Witneses: Inventmr:

Attorney n A. H. HELTBERG. czgsH REGISTER. APPLICATION I ILED 11110.26, 1906.

Patented June 1,1909.

Inva nt [1 A. H. HELTBERG.

HASH REGISTER.

. I I I y l I APPL OATION FILEDQDEG 26 1906 Patented June 1' X L e sums-sum e.

185 new I85 19) Witnesses:

ALF TIERRE HELTBERG, OF GHRISTIANIA, NORWAY.

CASH-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application filed December 26, 1906. Serial No. 349,469.

To all uliom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A LF Hnnnn Hnn'rnnuc,

candidatus juris and manufacturer, citizen of Norway, residing at Professor Dahls Grade 22, Christiania, Norway, have invented new and useful Improvements in l Cash-Registers, of which the following is a is consequently expensive.

specification. 1 y

In cash registers as hitherto constructed a large number of complicated mechanisms are made use of. Apparatus of this kind Cash registers as in general use are provided not only with devices indicating the amount for the benefit of the purchaser, but also with an adding mechanism, which automatically adds the amounts of cash inserted and indicates the .view of the rear part.

total amount at any time desired. This latter mechanism greatly increases the price of this kind of apparatus.

The present invention has for its object to provide a cash register of a simple kind,-' in order that it may be sold at areasonable price, and thus be adopted even in small businesses. For this purpose the adding mechanism is dispensed with and especial care is taken to decrease the keys to thelowest possible number. At the same time the register affords full control to the pro prietor of the cash transactions made.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the register.

front Fig. 2 is a similar Fig. 3 is a sectional plan View on the line II, Fig. 1, the car riage'being in final position; Fig. 4 is a cross section on line IIH Fig. 1, viewed from the right, the carriage being in final position: Fig. 5 is a cross section on line IIIIII Fig. 1, viewed from the left, the 'arria-ge being in initial position. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through the register in a modified construction; Fig. 7 is a corremechanism which are operated by the drawer in order to feed and Wind up the ink-ribbon intermittently; Fig. 13 is a horizontal section on line VIL-VII, Fig 12;

Figs. 1449 show to a larger scale the construction of the controlling or indicating device for the operator; Fig. 1a is a longitudinal section on line VIlL-VIII, of Fig. 15, together with a rear view of the amount indicating device; Fig. 15 is a corresponding plan, the latter device being'removed; Fig. 16 is a cross section on line IX-IX Fi 15, viewed from; the right; Fig. 17 is a cross section on line XX Fig. 15, viewed front the left; Fig. 18 is a vertical section on lind XI-XT Fig. 14, viewed from the right, and Fig. 19 shows 011 a larger scale a part oft a vertical section on line XIIXII, Figi 18. Fig. 20 is a vertical" section on line XIlL-XIII Fig. 6.

The principal feature of the invention consists in the amount (by pushing keys) being printed by means of type operating upon a paper strip arrangedbn a carriage, which on each depression of a key makes a step laterally in the known manne as in typewriters. The amount thus printed on the paper strip is fed forward during the pulling out of the drawer behind a glazed aperture, through which the amount may be observed and checkcd by the purchaser. In using this arrangement it is sufiicicnt to have 12 keys, one for each number from 0 to 9, one for the comma 'or decimal point and one, for adjusting the carriage.

Referring first to Figs. 1-5 of the drawing the carriage frame 1 is provided with a paper supply roller 2, two feeding rollers 3. 4, a paper winding roller 5 and. a spring drum 6, the latter having a toothed Wheel 7 in mesh with a pinion 8 on theshaft of roller 5. 'The paper passes around an angular leading plate 9 which is attached to the frame 1, the two side parts of which being connected by'stays 10, 11. The force of the 100 spring drum 6 is suflicient for winding up the paper around roller 5, when the paper has been fed forward by the rollers3, 4, but said force is too small to overcome the friction of the paper against theleading plate 9. 105 .From the plate 9-, the horizontal part of which lies above the ink-ribbon 12, and the vertical part, behind the glazed opening 13 in the wall of the casing, the paper passes between both feeding rollers 3, 4, the upper 1.10

rollcr 4 being; acted upon by the spring 4:, and then up to the winding; roller 5. The

.carriugcsupported partly by (he square shaft 14 of the roller 55 and partly by u fixed bar 15, upon which travels the rear roller 16 of the cnrriugc. The square shutti 14 in Addition to supporting the carriage also serves to turn the roller '1 :1 quurtcr of u revolution each time the drawer 17 (Fig. pulled out. Roller 23 is therefore tixcd to two cylindrical sleeves 19, 1%. (Fig. 3) which are in turn journulcd in poi-is of the frame 1 and provided with square bores for the shaft 14.

The types 20 are uttuched in the some manner as in iypc wriiers to levers 21 urra-ngcd in :1 curve so thut all the type." strike at the some point. Said levers are conuccted by short c untcr levc uud burs with theirrespectivekey Under all of these latter lies a rui. uicci'cd through a bar 26 with u step step mechanism 27 of the usual kind. it is unnecessary "to describe the letter as it is of lil'itHll (Kllhitlltlt? tion and acts in conjunction with u weigh?v 28, a spring or dislike so us to give the carriagen lateral step corresponding to a constant character interval each time.

In order that the key arms 2 which are stamped from :1 plate of uniform thickness may be operated they are guided not. only by the common pivot "29 but. also near their forward and rear ends by means of pins 30, 31, fastened on both sides of ouch arm 2-1 to wooden bars 32, 33 below.

When it is desired to insurt on umount of cash the operator first pushes the adjustment key thut number of times as will bring the carriage to such a position diet the conunu or dccin'uil point, will be in ulinement: with the conmms in all the n'cccding umounts. The printing then eii ecficd by depressing the number lrcys in question and the comma key successively. \Vhen the amount is printed the carriage is in final position as shown in Figs. :1 and 4' and the amount has been printed by means 01 the ink-ribbon 12 upon the port of the paper strip which is under the horimntul part; of

the leading plate 9. The drawer 1s then pulled out. Two sorts of movements are caused to occur, namely a feeding of the paper and a returning, movement; of the carriage to its initial, position. The paper feeding is cti'ectcd by u projection 35 Fig. 2) attached to the drawer und ei'lguging a. bar 37 provided with :1 hook 3G. The forward end of: the bar 37 thcrcby-oscillatcs a double lever l0 forced by spring against: a stop 3!) {1nd carrying at its upper end a pawl 41 engaging a -toothcd wheel 42 keyed to the square shaft 14 directly inside the left: side wall ofthe casing (see Figs. 3 and 4). When the bar 87 is pulled backwurd, the whccld? and are rotated exactly a quarter revolution, the hook 36 pressed down by the spring 43 being lifted at the right moment and released from the nose by means of the fixed stopper 4: 1, acting upon the inclined part; 45 of the hook. By this quarter-revolution'of the shaft 14 and roller 3 the printed part of the paper strip travels up behind the glass 13, so that; the amount may be observed by the purchaser, when the carriage is returned to initial position by means of the inclined part 46, attached to the foremost wall of the drawer 17. 'lheinclincd plane 47 of said purl acts on the short arm 48 of a bell crank lever ('l iu'si 1 and 5), the long arm 49 ofwhich is thereby swung to the left taking with it a pin 50 attached to the carriage in order to return the same to initial position. Should the carriage be moved-laterally one or more steps, while the drawer is in its outer position, which might take place through the involuntary pushing of a key, the carriage will again be returned by the foremost inclined plane 51 of the part; 46.

When the paper band is taken out, of the apparatus the cover 53 is opened and turned up on its truunions 52. The carriage being now. as usually, in'its initial position, a

hitherto. inactive pawl 54 (Figs. 1 and falls down between two teeth of the wheel 7 and holds the same against the influence of the spring in the barrel 6, so that the Wind ing roller with the shaft and pinion 8 may be removed without, difiiculty.

The ink-ribbon 12 is fed forward one step in the well-kn0wn manner each time a key is depressed this movement being obtained by the mechanism indicated in Fig. 4. Upon depression of one of the keys, the rail lying beneath the arms 24: will move downward, 'whereby a spring pawl 56 engages one or twoteeth ofthe ratchet wheel attached to the ink-ribbon drum 57. When the key is released, the rail, by means of spring 58 (Fig. 1) is drawn upward, whereby the pawl 56 turns the'drum 57 with the ink-ribbon one step forward. The small spring dctent 59 serves to hold fast the drum during the downward movement of the pawl-56. hon is reversed by pushing the bar 60 to the 'lhe'movcment of the ink-ribright, whereby pawls 56 and 59 are put out;

of action, while similar pawls 56 and 59' engage the ratchet; wheel 61 on the other ink-ribbon drum 62. Puwl 56 is connected to bar 65 by rod 56*.

The constructional form shown in Figs. t3-20 is busedupon the same main principle as the form, above described and is also constructed in such :1 manner, that only 11 keys are necessary, namely one for catch of the numbers 0 and 1 to 9 and one for the comma or decimal point. vided (Figs. 14-19), whereby the amount printed upon the paper strip or band is au- A device is further pl'otomaticallyindicated for the operator, who -inay thus control the printing of the desired a disk 71, the outer flange of which engages the outer side of the left frame part 6;.

are held together by a nut 76 screwed on the extended sleeve 72 and secured in posiward. by the shaft 70 but also by the crossbar 114,

' naledwith one trunnion 83 (Fig. 20) in the ei1d has a cross groove engaged "by a cross 1rd) 84 in the inner through and gournaled in asleeve 86' at- 1 shown in Fig. 20. The two'feeding rollers ter surrounds the round feeding shaft easily taken out. I

amount.

Theearriage frame comprises two side pieces 63 attached together partly by the rack 64 and the rear connecting piece 65 and partly by oneof the feeding rollers 66 60, 67, are arranged side by side, one 66 be ing journaled in. the frame piece (33 and the other. jou'rnal'ed with its trunnions 68 in essentially horizontal slots 69 inthe frame the said roller being pressed by springs (F ig. 9) against the first roller 66. The lat- (see- Figf20) passing across the apparatus. T heroller 66 is integral with the one end On the long sleeve 72 of the roller is attached the otherv end'disk 73, the outer flange of which engages the outer side of the right part of the frame 63. Between hoth disks 71 and 73 is clamped a cylindricalsheet-metal sleeve 7%, to which the caoutchouc layer 7 5 is cemented. The disks tion by a pin 77, which also projects into a longitudinal groove 78 in the feeding shaft '70 thereby maintaining the connection ibttween this latter and the roller 66 during l the movements of the carriage inthe longitudinal direction of the shaft 70. The nut 76 is preferably provided on its periphery l with ribsso as to form a hand wheel to be turned when desired to feed the paper fo:'- The carriage is supported not only upon which runs the wheel 113.

3PM; )aper band 88 passes from roller 89 down 'ehveen both caoutchouc rollers 66.

tween both frame parts 63, beneath roller 66,, then aroundpa bar or roller 80 arranged The core or shaft 82 01 the latter is join.

leftpart-of the frame 63, while the other pndof a pin passed tacihed ohtside the right frame part 63. The outer end of pin 85 c rries a pinion 87. Thepin .85 is movable'in the sleeve 86, but is pressed constantly against the shaft 82 by-Jneans of an inner spring. On the pin beia'g forced.outwardlyagainst the spring, 'the iib 84; passesout of its groove and shaft with 'the pap r wound around it may be The carriage is 'inoved laterally to the chain attached to the right frwielfirt mdcoiled around a. drum 91 tendin to turn in the directidh of arrow 92, 1g. 20) under the influence of a spiral .pin 94 fixed in the part 95 which is in turn attached to the right wall of the casing.

To the left part of the frame 63 is attached another chain 96 passing round a horizontal roller 97 to the upper end of an arm 98 (Figs. 7, 8 and 9) by the oscillation ofwhich the carriage is returned to {initial position ashereinafter described' The roller 97 is carried by a vertical pin 99, in a part. 100 attached to the left casing wall.

Each time a key 101 is depressed, the cross bar 103 lying beneath allthe key 'arms 102 is also moved. Said bar is connected through link bars 104, 105 8) with the forwardly projecting levers 106, 107 ofthe shaft 108 of the step-by-step mechanism. The left end of saidshaft is journaled in the left. casing wall and the right end is supported by an arm 109rscrewed to the horizontal partition 110 extending across the upper part of the apparatus and attached to the casing walls by two lugs 111 and 112. Each timea key is acted upon the carriage will be caused to take a lateral step to the right bymeans of the usual step-bystop mechanism. 115 and the pull of the chain 00. Each key arm 102 is connected through a bar 11.6 with the short end of its type lever 117 in the same iuanner as in type-writers, the lovers 117 being journaled in U-shaped how's 118 (Figs. 6 and 7) attached by screws 11!) along" the'sclnicircular front edge of the partition 110. The types 120 all strike at the same place against the ink-ribbon 121, which prints its ink upon the paper band 88, the latter passing between the plane 79 and the ink-ribbon.

When the amount has been printed upon the paperband, this latter is fed forward around the .roller 80 and up behind the glazed opening 122 in order to be seen by the purchaser. This is automatically effected by the rotation of the shaft 70. Atthe same time the paper band is wound upon the roller 81 by the rotation of the shaft 82. The two latter movements are in thiscase effected by pulling out the cash drawer 123, whereby also the ink ribbon is fed one step laterally. A. double lever serves (Figs. 6, 12 and 13) to rotate the shaft 70 this lever 125 being pivotally attached to the right side of the casing at 124 and provided at its upper end with a pawl 126, which is held under the action/ of i spring in engagement with aratchet wheel 4' 1 27keyed on the feed ing shaft'70. The iowe end of lever 125 is pressed toy tlfe spring 128 against the stop,

129 and carries a pivoted ibcll cralnk lever 130 held in engagement with a stop; 2' on the lever 1.25 by means of spring 131 The downwardly turned end of the :lever 130 projects into the space between the right side walls of the casing and the drawer into the path of a pin 133 attached .to the drawer.

Lever 125 slides along a guiding piece 1334; (Figs. 12 and 13) fixed to the right casing wall; the rear end of the guiding piece is tapered. Behind the part 134 is arranged a releasing nose 135, forming in combination with piece 134 a traveling path 1&0 for the lever 130 and serving to release said lever from the pin 133, after the lever 125 has swung a predetermined amount. Side by side with the lever 125 is a second double lever 12-16 (Fig. 6),-pivotally attached to the right wall of the casing at 137 and carrying at the upper end a toothed segment 138, which when the carriage comes to its final position will mesh with the pinion 87, while the lower end of lever 136 also projects down into the space between the. right. walls of the casing and the drawer 191}. The levers 125 and 136 lie side by side. but to prevent their interfering with each other during their oscillation, one 1'25 travels at one side of a guiding band 139, (Fig. 6) between the same .Iill the casing wall to which the band is attached, while the other lever 136 travels at the otherside of said guiding band. By means of the spring 1 11 acting upon the segment 1% the lever 136 is forced against a step 112 on band 139.

The lower end of the lever 136 has a piv oted triangular piece 1413 (Figs. 12 and 13) forced by thespring 141 against the stop 115 on the lever 136 and a bell crank piece 116 is forced by the spring 147 against the stop 11H upon the triangular piece 143.

The downwardly turning arm of the part 146 projects into the path of the pill 133 above mentioned but travels between the side wall of the drawer and the-releasing nose 1135.

The amount having been printed on the paper band. the drawer 12 is pulled out, and the pin 13:1 will first strike against the lower end 01' lever 130. this latter together with the lower end of lever 125, being swung backward against theinfiuence of spring 128. The upper end of lever 125 together with pawl 126 will now swing forward and rotate the ratchet. wheel 12? one tooth, rotating also the shaft such an amount. that the sum printed beneath the plane 79 is fed up behind the glass 122-and may be observed by the purclniser. During this the lever 1550 travels into the rear end of the path 140 and is given a. lateral movement toward the casing wall (see Fig. 13), by the nose 135 until it comes out. of the path of the pin 13-13 and is released from the same and drawn back by the spring 128 to the position shown. Just before the pin 133 in this manner has fed completely forward the paper band, the pin also me -ts the lower end of the arm 146. which is now carried with it in the backward movement together with the lever 136, the spring 144 being of such a strength, that the lever 136 will partake of the movement but the spring is not able to tear off the paper hand during the winding-up of the same. By this backward movement the upper end of lever 136 and the toothed segment 138 are swung forward, thereby rotating pinion 87 together with the pin 85,

shaft 62 and roller 81 in right direction for winding up the paper. As soon as the paper is wound tight the spring 14:4 yields to permit the arm 146 to swing back and the pin 11 1;} to pass beneath the same. Then the parts 116. 112, are returned to the indicated position by the spring 144. By this arrangement the paper band is always wound up tightly upon the roller 81 irrespective of the varying diameter of the same, and this has taken place, before the drawer is pulled completely out. so that the band is always tight. when the amount appears before the purchaser through the glass 1:22. The paper is prevented from unwinding by means of the pawl 1411 engaging the pinion 87 and pivoted to the sleeve 86 (Figs. 7, 8 and 20). This pawl also preliminarily prevents the segment 1216 from returning under the intluence ot' the spring 111. When the drawer 123 is again pushed in. the springs 147 and 131 yield (Fig. 12), so that pin 133 may move forward passing beneath the lower end of the levers 116, 1:50 to the initial position shown in Figs. 6 and 12.

When the drawer is pushed in, the carriage is autonnitically drawn to the left to its initial position. This is effected by the double lever .18 rotatably attached at 150 (Fig. 9) to the left wall of the casing. The upper end of lever 96 is connected with the chain 96 as already mentioned and its lower end has a pivoted bell crank piece 151 projecting into the space between the left side walls of the drawer 123 and the easing into the path of a pin 152 on the drawer. Said piece 151 is held by the spring 153 against the stop 151 on the lever 98 latter being stopped in the position indicated by the pin 155 fixed to the left wall of the casing. I

When the. drawer is pulled out. the'piu 152 travels beneath the lower end of the piece 151, which swings aside and again snaps back. When the drawer is pushed in, the pin acts on the rear of the part 151, taking this along with it together with the lever 5 8, the upper endof which swingin backwardly draws the carriage to the le t up to the initial position by means of the chain 116. .The part 151 during this movement is released from the pin by the mechanism shown in Figszll and 11. This mechanism is of thesau'ie nature as the releasing mechanism'fl'igs. 1.2 and 131) the parts 133. 134, 1215.corre pondingto the parts 152, 156, 157.

By the automatic returning mechanism as described the carriage is moved so far t'o the left, that a type'wilLprinton the paper band a number directly in front of the.

place at which the comma or desired point is printed. If thus for instance 0.01 crowns, marks, dollars, francs etc., are inserted first the O-key is pushed, then the comma-key, then the O-key and finally the l-key. The character first printed will therefore always 10. be that having its place directly before the comma. In this manner amounts from 0.01

to 9.99 crowns, marks etc., may be inserted in the apparatus, such amounts being those thatusually occur. If now an amount between 10,00 and 99,00 is inserted, the lever 158 igs. 9 and 10) is swung back through a corresponding angle. Said lever 158 is pivoted on the same pin 150 as the double lever-98 andprojects upward at the left side so through the cover of the casing, so that its handle is accessible and may be swung by hand. The lever 158 has beneath the pin 150 a tail 159, which by the spring 160 is held against a stop 161 on the lever 98,

'which latter thereby partak'es of the movement, when the lever 1.58 is swung backward. The upper end of lever 158 travels in an o ening 162 having at one side 3 ,stoppingf'p anes 163, 16st and 165 When he lever 158 is swung back, until it abuts gainst the plane 163, the carriage is-moved so far to the left that the amount from 0,01

' to 9.99 may be printed and inserted as aalready stated. When the lever is swung 3,5 back to the plane 164, however, the carriage 1 t kes up a position in which the first numf-lpr is printed at the place for tens of it? owns, marks etc. and when the lever is "i'noved back to the plane 165, amounts from Q ,,1,00,00- to 999,99 may be printed and insex-ted. Inmost cases this is sufiicient but it should be understood, that the invention is not limited in this respect, because the :carriage and the paper band may be made so wide without increasing the number of keys or types and the casing provided with so many stopping planes 163, 161, 165 etc,

that any desired amount may be printed and inserted. their size will thus be printed on the paper band in such manner, that all commas are placed vertically beneath each other, so that .the amounts may be easily added together.

In order to prevent the drawer from '5 being opened, before the printing of an amount is completed the drawer is locked by a pawl 166 (Fig. 6) which turns on a pin 167- attached to the left wall of the casing. Said pawl by a spring 169 acting upon its extremity 168 is normally drawn down against\thc stop 170, whereby the front edge of thepawl lies behind a lockiilig piece 171 attached to the left side of the rawer, which by this means is prevented from being withdrawn. The pawl 1.66 is connected All amounts irrespective ofby the chain 172 with one arm 173 of a bellcrank lever which is pivoted to the partition 110 (see Figs. 7 and 8) and the other arm 174 of whichis connected by the chain 175 with the left side of the carriage 63. \Vhen the carriage is not in the final position indicated the chain 175 is slack and therefore the pawl 166 is in the locking pd sit-ion. But as soon as the carriage after the last key has been acted uponecomes down to the final position, the chain 175 is tightened and lifts the pawl to the position shown by means of the parts 174, 173, and 172, so that the drawer may be withdrawn.

In Figs. 14 to 19 is shown anindicating device by which the operator may control the correct printing of the. desired amount on the )aper band, asthe same amount as that printed on the band, is automatically indicated before the operatpr. by means of said device. This device comprises three combined mechanisms, first the frame 176 attached between the side walls of the apparatus and carrying nine cross levers 177 to 1.85 inclusive each lever being connected to its individual key arm 102, and secondly an arm 186 fixed to the rear cross piece 65 of the. carriage and carrying 9 striking /pins 188, and thirdly the device indicating the proper amount, Figs. 14, 18 and 19. The frame 176 is providcd with two bows 189, and 190, the first of which carries the pivots for. the raising levers 17 7, 178, 181. and 182 connected respectively with the key arms for the t-y' es 1, 2, 5 and 6 (Fig. 16), while theother ow 190 carries the pivots for the raising levers 179, 180, 183, 184C and 185 connected respectively with the key arms for t-hetypes 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9 (Fig. 17). The 'key arms for type 0 and for comma are not represented among the raising levers. The latter are guided laterally by their free ends traveling in vertical slots 191 in the right end wall of the frame 176. Through the bars 192 the raising levers 177, 178, 179, 180 are connected directly with their individual key arms for the types 1, 2, 3 and 1, while the raising levers 181, 182, 183, 184:, 185 are connected thimugh bars 193 with their individual auxiliary levers 194,, the ends of which are connected through similar bars 192 with their individual key arms for the types 5, 6, 7,8, 9 (see also Fig. 8). The

auxiliary levers 19-1 are pivoted to a common pivot 195 attached to the left end Wall of the frame 176. Each bar 192 is in adjustable connection with its individual key arm-162 for instance by means of a how 196 having at the bottom a vertically adjustable screw 197. Said screws 197 areso adjusted that the key arms 102 in their lower position hold the right end of their raising levers lifted up to the same height. as shown for the lever 181 (Fig. 14). v a

The striking pins 188'are presseddownward by surrounding springs 1'98 and are situated right above their individual rais ing. levers as indicated in Fig. 15.

The proper amount indicating device comprises 5 series of raising or indicating pins 199, viz.: one series for hundreds, one series for tensand'pne series for units of crowns, marks, francs etc; further one series for tenths and finally one series for hundredths of crowns etc. Each series contains 9 raising pins, one .for each of the key arms for the types 1 to 9. Therefore there are 5x9 or 45 raising pins. Each of them is guided during its vertical movement by two horizontal plates 200 and 201. The pins are at their upper end bent against each other as shown in Fig. 18 andare here flattened and provided at the rear with characters, so

that all the 5 rear ones contain the character 1 the 5 next the character2 and so on, until the 5 foremost ones contain the character 9. The upper flat ends 204 of the pins 199 are guided by a horizontal plate 202, forming together with the plate 201 and two side parts a frame in such a manner, that the said characters lie above the plate 202 as shown in Fig. 14. The plate 200 is connected by the part 203 to the plate 201, the foremost edge of which is attached to the rear edge of the partition 110. In front of each flat end 204 is fastened a plate 205 projecting up beyond the parts 204 and having at the rear side the characters 0 right above the four parts 204 to the right. The space above the part 204, that is the upper half of the plate 205,

may be observed by the operator through the window 206 '(Fig. 6) which is arranged in the rear wall of the casing. For each of the 5 series of raising pins is arranged a latching plate 210, having at its lower end pivots 207 projecting through holes in the p pwardly-turned edges of the plate 200. each latching plate has an inclined position and is' pressed by a spring 208 against the p ns in the series appertaining thereto (see ig. 19). Further each pin 190 has at the side adjacent to its latching plate a side projection 209, which when the pin is raised forces thelocking late aside until the latter snaps back beneat the pro'ection 209 and locks the pin 199 in its raise position. All the latching plates may be released by a bow 211, which may bemovcd laterally by depressing abutton-212 (Fig.8) protruding beyondthe outer side of the right casing wall. 1

When the amount is printed upon the 'pa er band, the series of striking ins 188 W1 1 always be beneath the series-o raising 'pins 199 appertaining to the momentary position of the character indicating the amount, as the pins 188 are rigidly connected with the carriage and move laterally together with the same. When a key is acted upon therefore the corresponding raising pin 199 of the res ective series will be lifted, the part 204 wit 1 the same character as the kev will move up and cover the character O on. the plate 205. In Fig. 14 the 5th raising in of the unitseries is lifted up. When t e key for theQ-type is pushed down, a part 204. does not rise; as the plate 205 already indicates the number O From this is understood, that after the amount is printed oorres onding pins 199 and parts 204 have been lifted and the ns are locked by the noses 209 and the late 1 n g plates 210, so that the same amount 1s V151- ble for the o erator. As soon as the amount has been 0 served the button 212 is depressed whereby the lifted pins 19.9.fall by their own Wei ht.

ter is as follows :--T he amount is printed hy successively depressing down the keys 101 in question. Thus the amount is recorded upon the pa )er hand andsimultaneously it is indicated by the parts 20-tin order to be observed by the operator. When finally the carriage comes to the last position to the right, the locking pawl 106 for the drawer is released and the drawer is pulled out. Then the paper hand is fed forward and is direetl y thereupon wound tight upon the roller 1 81 so that the amount is visible to the purchaser through the glass 122. The drawer is now open and the money transaction may take place. Upon the drawer-being ushed in, the carriage returned to initia position and the drawer is locked by the pawl .160. Finally the operator depresses the button 23, and the amount indicating parts .204 which were lifted again fall down.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A cash register comprising a casing hating an opening therein, a movable-carriage ("prying a paper str p, printing mechanism including,t eys, said keys operating the carriagefdrawer, means for feeding the paper strip past the opening when the drawer is UpQIHZti, and. means for stopping said feed after the drawer has moved. a cor ittll'l distance; i

2.;1 cash register comprising a casing having an opening therein, a movable carriage carrying a paper-strip, rinting mechanism including, keys, sai eys operating the carriage-a drawer, means for feeding in said carriage, a pa means on the lower ends of sai the paper strip past 'the opening when the drawer is opened, means for stopping-said t'eed when the drawer has moved a cer ain distance, and means controlled by the movement of the drawer for returning the carriage to initial position.

3. A cash register comprising a carriage, a paper band supply roller carried thereby, two feed rollers journaled in the carriage, a roller carried by the carriage for receiving the paper from the feed rollers, means for actuating said receivingroller to take up the slack, printing mechanism including keys, means for moving the carriage from said keys, a drawer and means for feedin the paper actuated by the movement ot the drawer.

4. A cashregister comprising a casing, a drawer therein, a rod extending from side to side of said casing, a paper carriage, two t'eedingrollers on said carriage, one of said rollers having sliding movement on the rod 70, a ratclietavlieel on said rod, a pawl engaging with said ratchet wheel, and an oscillating double lever carrying said pawl and having its lower end engaged by the drawer on the outward movement of the latter, whereby said pinion will be rotated.

5. A' cash register comprising a casing, a drawer therein, a pa er carriage in said casing, feed rollers carried on said carriage, a rolleron the carriage for receiving the paper from the feed roller, a pinion connected to the said receiving roller, andpian oscillating double lever having a segment at its upper end engaging with said pinion and its lower end engaged by the drawer when the latter ispnlled out.

A cash register comprising a casin a drawer therein, a paper carriage, feed rol ers er receiving roller in said carriage, a doub e lever for operating the feed rollers, a double lever for operating the receiving roller, the lower ends of said levers extending to a point adjacent the drawer, and a projection on said drawer for first engaging with the feed roller operating lever and then the receiving roller operating lever when the drawer is opened;

7. A cash register comprising a casing, a drawer therein, a paper-carriage, feed rollers in said-carriage, a a )01' receiving roller in said ca rriage, a double lever for operating the feed rollers, a double lever for operatin the receiving roller, the lower ends of said levers .t-extending to a point adjacent the drawer, a projectionon said drawer for first engaging with the feed roller operating lever and then the receiving roller operating lever when the drawer is pulled out, and yielding levers whereby the said levers are not operated on the backward movement of the drawer.

8. A cash register comprising a casing, a drawer, a carriagein said casing, paper feeding rollers on said carriage, a douhlefadjacent the d'awer, a projection on the drawer engaging with the lever when the drawer is moved outwardly, and a releasing nose attached to the wall of the casing and lying in the path of said lever and shaped to move said lever toward the side of the casing. I

f). A. cash register comprising a casing, a drawer, a paper carriage in said casing, paper feeding rollers on said carriage, a paper receiving roller on said carriage, a double lever engaging with said roller and having its lower end adjacent the drawer, a stop 135 on the lower end of said lever, a triangular piece 143 pivoted to said lower end of the lever, a'spring for holding said piece in engagement with said stop, a bell crank piece 146 pivoted on the lower end of the lever, a stop 148 on the triangular piece, a weaker spring let? for holding the bell crank piece in engagement with the stop 148, said hell crank piece having adownwardly projecting arm. and a projection on the drawer adapted to engage with the said downwardly projecting arm on the outward movement of the drawer. l(). A cash register comprising a casin a drawer therein, a paper carriage inovab e in said casing, a spring connected to the carriage and normally holding said carriage at one end of its movement, an oscillatin double lever, a flexible connection from sai lever to the carriage, the lower end of said lever extending downwardly to a point rid-- lever for permitting movement of the lever, on the backward movement only of the drawer, and a projection on the drawersen gaging the said means.

11. A cash register comprising a casing, a drawer, a carriage movable from one side of the casing to the other, a spring for normally holding the carriage at one side of the easing, a double lever on the opposite side of the casing,' a flexible connection from said carriage to the lever, a bell crank piece on the lower end of said lever, a stop on said lever, a spring for holding said bell crank piece in engagement with said stop, a projection on the drawer engaging with said bell crank piece, said parts being so ar ran ed that the lever is only operated on the hae ward n'iovenient of the drawer, and a releasing nose on the casing for releasing the bell crank piece from the projection.

12. A. cash register comprising a casing, a drawer, a carriagemovable in said casing, a lever for returning the carriage to'the start; ing position, and means coiiperating with said lever for varying said starting position of the rarriage.

13. A cash register comprising a casing, a

drawer, a paper carriage movable in the easing, printing mechanism numerals 1 to 9, nine striking by said carriage, means foroperating said pinsfrom .the printing mechanism, indit-atin; means having the numerals 1 to 9 thereon, and means for operating said indieating means from the said pins.

14. A cash register comprising a casing having an opening therein, a carriage carrying a paper strip and a numeral printing keys, said keys operating means incindinfr the carriage, a rawer, means for feeding the paper strip past the opening when the for printing the; pins carried t i V i drawer is opened. means Controlled by the, movement of the drawer for returning the carriage to the initiaiposition indicating pins arranged in rows. striking'pins Carried adapted to engage with said indii-ating pins, and means for operating the striking pins from the keys.

.In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALF HERRE Witnesses:

RICHARD S'romtn, AXEL LAnN.

HELTBER G. 

